January 31st was a busy day for Maple Leafs trades

January 31st was a busy trading day in Toronto Maple Leafs history. The majority of the trades have come in the last 20 years, but one reaches all the way back to the time when a team called the Ottawa Senators was good. With six trades on this date, we have some history to go through.

January 31st, 1930

To Toronto:

Frank Nighbor

To Ottawa:

Danny Cox

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The first one on this list brought a great NHL player to the Maple Leafs at the end of his career. Frank Nighbor was a three-time Stanley Cup Champion with Ottawa (1921, 23, 27), two time Lady Byng trophy winner (1925, 26), and he was the first player to ever win the Hart trophy, in 1924. This was his return to Toronto, where he played one season…